01-21-2011, 12:09 AM | #1 |
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Convert to PDF broken?
I've just upgraded to Calibre 7.40 and when I try to convert from MOBI, EPUB, LIT or other formats to PDF it yields a really huge file. A 500K MOBI file or a 2.5MB EPUB creates a 125MB PDF. I think this is not normal. Is this a known bug?
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01-21-2011, 01:08 AM | #2 |
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Are you on an Apple computer? It seems that for some reason calibre on OSX creates image based PDF files. Where conversions done on Linux or Windows produces a standard text pdf. This goes unreported because folks converting to PDF via calibre are a rare breed.
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01-21-2011, 07:26 AM | #3 |
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PDF output on OS X is currently broken. It is an upstream issue related to the PDF renderer calibre uses and there isn't anything we can do to correct it.
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01-21-2011, 02:17 PM | #4 |
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Yes, I'm using OS X. I'm converting to PDF because I want to put some books on my Dropbox account for Goodreader for iPhone.
So it's one of those issues that cannot be fixed huh |
01-21-2011, 02:20 PM | #5 |
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You could install Windows or Linux in a VM. It's only broken on OS X.
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01-21-2011, 04:48 PM | #6 | |
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